BOSTON RED SOX (37-17) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS...

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STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox own the majors’ best record (37-17, .685), having won 7 of their last 9 games, 9 of their last 12, and 15 of their last 23. The Red Sox are 20 games above .500, matching their season best (also 36-16)...In 2017, they were not 20 games over .500 until 8/23 (73-53); in 2016, they 1st hit that mark on 9/17 (84-64). HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MLB (2018) Rank Club Win % (Record) 1. Red Sox .685 (37-17) 2. Yankees .660 (33-17) T3. Astros .636 (35-20) T3. Brewers .636 (35-20) EASTERN STANDARD: The Red Sox are 23-10 (.697) against the AL East (9-4 vs. TB, 6-1 vs. BAL, 5-2 vs. TOR, 3-3 vs. NYY)...The only team with a higher winning % within their division is MIN (.727, 8-3 vs. AL Central). In 2017, the Sox were 41-35 (.539) vs. the AL East. Today is the 62nd day of the MLB season; the Sox have held at least a share of 1st place at the start of 55 days. ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the majors in AVG (.265), doubles (121), and XBH (209)...They also rank 2nd in runs scored (287), SLG (.463), and OPS (.793). BOS is 22-3 (.880) when scoring the game’s 1st run, the best such record in the majors. The Sox have 5 triples in their last 4 games, after hitting 5 in their first 50 games...They have tripled in 4 straight games for the 1st time since 2003; they have not recorded 5+ consecutive games with a triple since 1945. SLUGGING SOX: The Red Sox rank 2nd in MLB with 78 HR, tied for the most through 54 games in club history (also 1969)... The franchise record through 55 games is 81 HR (1969). In 2017, the Sox ranked last in the AL and 27th in MLB in HR (168)...They hit their 76th HR on 6/27 (game #77). The Sox lead the majors with 48 HR since 4/30; the only other club with more than 40 HR in that time is NYY (43)...BOS has homered in 24 of its last 27 games. PICK YOUR POISON: Mookie Betts (17 HR) and J.D. Martinez (17 HR) are the 1st Red Sox teammates to hit 17+ HR apiece in the first 54 games of a season...The last AL teammates to do that were Ken Griffey Jr. (18) and Alex Rodriguez (20) for the 1998 Mariners...The last NL teammates to do it were Larry Walker (17) and Todd Helton (17) for the 2001 Rockies. Only 4 major leaguers with at least 100 PA have a 1.000+ OPS, 3 of whom are Red Sox (see below)... They are also 3 of only 4 players with a .625+ SLG. MAJOR LEAGUERS WITH A 1.000+ OPS (MIN. 100 PA) Rk. Player SLG OPS 1. Mookie Betts .750 1.187 2. Mike Trout .676 1.123 3. J.D. Martinez .650 1.029 4. Mitch Moreland .642 1.027 THIS AND THAT: Jackie Bradley Jr. has recorded an XBH in 4 of his last 7 games with a PA...The Sox are 10-0 this season when Bradley has at least 1 XBH, as well as 23-2 in such games dating back to 6/29/17. Rafael Devers has a 10-game on-base streak. Xander Bogaerts has reached base in each of his last 27 home games, MLB’s longest active streak. The Sox have won each of David Price’s last 4 starts. JK ROLLING: Joe Kelly has allowed only 1 run in his last 23 outings (since 4/1), posting a 0.37 ERA and a .125/.195/.138/.333 opponent batting line in that time (24.1 IP, 10 H, 6 BB, 26 SO, 1 XBH). Opponents are 0 for their last 19 against Kelly (2 BB). Against Kelly, LHH are 2-for-38 (.053) with 0 XBH, including 1 for their last 35 (.029) since 4/3, and 0 for their last 17 since 5/4...RHH are slugging .250 with 2 XBH (2 2B). IN GOOD COMPANY: This is only the 5th time in the Red Sox’ 118-year history they have won 37+ of their first 54 games (also 1946, ‘86, 2002, ‘07)...They won the AL pennant in 3 of those 4 previous years, missing the postseason in 2002 (93-69). Prior to 2018, each of the last 3 teams to win at least 37 of their first 54 games went on to win the World Series. TEAMS TO WIN 37+ OF FIRST 54 GAMES (2004-18) Year Club First 54 Finish 2018 BOS 37-17 --- 2017 HOU 38-16 Won World Series 2016 CHC 39-15 Won World Series 2007 BOS 37-17 Won World Series WHAT A RELIEF: Red Sox relief pitchers have allowed only 3 runs in their last 32.2 IP (0.83 ERA) since 5/19, giving up 1 HR and holding opponents to a .198 AVG in that time. Since 4/15, BOS relievers lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors in ERA (2.54; 37 ER/131.1 IP)...Overall, the Sox’ bullpen ranks 2nd in the AL in ERA (3.16). 4 Sox relievers have an active scoreless streak of 6.0+ innings: Joe Kelly (8.1), Brian Johnson (8.0), Matt Barnes (7.0), and Steven Wright (6.0). HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: Andrew Benintendi has fallen a double shy of the cycle in 2 of his last 3 games... In 12 games since 5/15, he is 18-for-43 (.419) with 5 HR and a 1.398 OPS...In 29 games since 4/26, he is 39-for-114 (.342) with a 1.032 OPS. Benintendi is tied for the ML lead in triples (5)...He is batting .378 with a 1.143 OPS at home (37-for-98, 9 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR). LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads MLB in AVG (.359), SLG (.750), OPS (1.187), runs (52), and XBH (37)...He also ranks 2nd in OBP (.437) and T-2nd in HR (17). Betts leads the majors in AVG/OPS at home (.405/1.314)...He is also batting .340+ with a 1.000+ OPS vs. LHP (.362/1.245), vs. RHP (.358/1.166), with RISP (.364/1.392), with the bases empty (.374/1.214), with 2 outs (.439/1.437), and with 2 strikes (.340/1.101). J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez has 12 HR in his last 24 games, including 8 in his last 14...In 117 games since the 2017 All- Star break, he leads the majors in HR (48) and RBI (116). Among active hitters with 100+ AB at Fenway Park, Martinez ranks 1st in SLG (.715) and OPS (1.132)... He has 4 HR in his last 4 home games, as well as 6 in his last 8, and 8 in his last 11...He has reached base in each of his last 19 home games since 4/13. Martinez ranks T-1st in MLB in RBI (44), T-2nd in HR (17), 3rd in SLG (.650), and 3rd in OPS (1.029). THIS LAND IS MORELAND: Since starting the 2018 season 0-for-12, Mitch Moreland is 38-for-108 (.352) with a .421 OBP...He has homered in 6 of his last 18 games...8 of his last 10 hits have gone for extra bases (4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR)...He has recorded at least 1 XBH in 5 of his last 6 games. SOX & JAYS: The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 6 games against the Blue Jays and are 18-8 vs. TOR since 2017. 9 of the 19 meetings between the Sox and Jays are taking place in the span of 37 days in April and May... Following this series, these teams will next play from 7/12-15 (at BOS), 8/7-9 (at TOR), and 9/11-13 (at BOS). DUSTIN TIME: Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in 46 of his last 51 games against the Blue Jays (since 7/29/14)... That includes a 30-game hitting streak spanning the 2014-16 seasons...In that 51-game span vs. TOR, Pedroia has hit .330 (71-for-215) with an .891 OPS. NO TIME TO REST: The Red Sox are in the midst of a stretch of playing 52 games in 55 days from 4/24-6/17... That includes a stretch of 26 games in 27 days from 5/8- 6/3, including 13 straight from 5/22-6/3. BOSTON RED SOX (37-17) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (25-29) Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:10 p.m. ET Fenway Park Boston, MA RHP Rick Porcello (6-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (2-5, 5.40) Game #55 • Home Game #27 TV: NESN Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish) REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN AL East Standing ...........................1st, +2.0 Home/Road ................................. 18-8/19-9 Day/Night .................................. 14-4/23-13 March/April/May ................. 2-1/19-6/16-10 vs. AL East .......................................... 23-10 vs. AL Central ......................................... 2-1 vs. AL West ............................................. 8-5 vs. National League................................ 4-1 vs. RH/LH starter ......................... 31-11/6-6 Leading after 6 innings ........................ 29-2 Tied after 6 innings ................................ 5-1 Trailing after 6 innings ......................... 3-14 Leading after 7 innings ........................ 30-3 Tied after 7 innings ................................ 6-2 Trailing after 7 innings ......................... 1-12 Leading after 8 innings ........................ 33-1 Tied after 8 innings ................................ 3-1 Trailing after 8 innings ......................... 1-15 Red Sox score first................................ 22-3 Opponents score first ......................... 15-14 Shutouts................................................. 3-1 Scoring less than 3 runs ......................... 2-4 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ................................. 8-7 Scoring 5 or more runs ......................... 27-6 Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .............. 28-11/9-6 1-run/2-run games ........................ 11-5/6-3 Walk-offs................................................ 1-2 Extra innings (home/road)............... 1-1/1-2 Series openers/finales ................. 11-7/14-3 Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 6-2-0 Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 7-2-0 Series W-L-T (total)........................... 13-4-0 Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 2-0/2-0 Come-from-behind wins ......................... 17 VS. THE BLUE JAYS All-Time ................................. 343-280 In Boston....................................165-144 In Toronto ...................................178-136 At Rogers Centre ....................134-103 2018................................................ 5-2 In Boston............................................1-0 In Toronto ...........................................4-2 DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 4/24 R L3-4 (10) Clippard KIMBREL 4/25 R W4-3 RODRIGUEZ Barnes 4/26 R W5-4 SALE Estrada 5/11 R L3-5 (12) Gaviglio JOHNSON 5/12 R W5-2 PRICE Estrada 5/13 R W5-3 VELÁZQUEZ Biagini 5/28 H W8-3 PRICE Sanchez UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS DATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Wed., 5/30 vs. TOR 1:05 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1, 4.02) RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-0, 2.30) NESN/MLBN Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM. WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM @SOXNOTES * Special thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, Baseball-Reference.com, and STATS Inc. * RED SOX TEAM LEADERS Batting Hits ..............................................Betts (66) Doubles ........................................Betts (19) Triples....................................Benintendi (5) HR ................................ Betts/Martinez (17) RBI .........................................Martinez (44) Runs .............................................Betts (52) SB.................................................Betts (13) BB .......................................Benintendi (28) AVG (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.359) OBP (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.437) SLG (min. 100 AB) .....................Betts (.750) OPS (min. 100 AB)...................Betts (1.187) Pitching Wins .......................................... Porcello (6) Saves........................................Kimbrel (16) Appearances ................... Kelly/Kimbrel (24) Starts............................................. Sale (12) ERA (min. 20.0 IP) ....................... Kelly (1.82) Innings (reliever).......................... Kelly (24.2) Innings (starter) ......................... Sale (75.0) Strikeouts (reliever) ..................Kimbrel (32) Strikeouts (starter) ...................... Sale (104) Active scoreless streak ................ Kelly (8.1) MOST WINS IN MLB, 2016-18 Rk. Club Wins T1. Boston ................................... 223 T1. Chicago-NL ................................. 223 T1. Cleveland .................................... 223 4. Washington................................. 222

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STATE OF THE SOX: The Red Sox own the majors’ best record (37-17, .685), having won 7 of their last 9 games, 9 of their last 12, and 15 of their last 23.

The Red Sox are 20 games above .500, matching their season best (also 36-16)...In 2017, they were not 20 games over .500 until 8/23 (73-53); in 2016, they 1st hit that mark on 9/17 (84-64).HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MLB (2018)

Rank Club Win % (Record)1. Red Sox .685 (37-17)2. Yankees .660 (33-17)T3. Astros .636 (35-20)T3. Brewers .636 (35-20)

EASTERN STANDARD: The Red Sox are 23-10 (.697) against the AL East (9-4 vs. TB, 6-1 vs. BAL, 5-2 vs. TOR, 3-3 vs. NYY)...The only team with a higher winning % within their division is MIN (.727, 8-3 vs. AL Central).

In 2017, the Sox were 41-35 (.539) vs. the AL East. Today is the 62nd day of the MLB season; the Sox have held at least a share of 1st place at the start of 55 days.

ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox lead the majors in AVG (.265), doubles (121), and XBH (209)...They also rank 2nd in runs scored (287), SLG (.463), and OPS (.793).

BOS is 22-3 (.880) when scoring the game’s 1st run, the best such record in the majors.

The Sox have 5 triples in their last 4 games, after hitting 5 in their first 50 games...They have tripled in 4 straight games for the 1st time since 2003; they have not recorded 5+ consecutive games with a triple since 1945.

SLUGGING SOX: The Red Sox rank 2nd in MLB with 78 HR, tied for the most through 54 games in club history (also 1969)...The franchise record through 55 games is 81 HR (1969).

In 2017, the Sox ranked last in the AL and 27th in MLB in HR (168)...They hit their 76th HR on 6/27 (game #77).

The Sox lead the majors with 48 HR since 4/30; the only other club with more than 40 HR in that time is NYY (43)...BOS has homered in 24 of its last 27 games.

PICK YOUR POISON: Mookie Betts (17 HR) and J.D. Martinez (17 HR) are the 1st Red Sox teammates to hit 17+ HR apiece in the first 54 games of a season...The last AL teammates to do that were Ken Griffey Jr. (18) and Alex Rodriguez (20) for the 1998 Mariners...The last NL teammates to do it were Larry Walker (17) and Todd Helton (17) for the 2001 Rockies.

Only 4 major leaguers with at least 100 PA have a 1.000+ OPS, 3 of whom are Red Sox (see below)...They are also 3 of only 4 players with a .625+ SLG.

MAJOR LEAGUERS WITH A 1.000+ OPS (MIN. 100 PA)Rk. Player SLG OPS1. Mookie Betts .750 1.1872. Mike Trout .676 1.1233. J.D. Martinez .650 1.0294. Mitch Moreland .642 1.027

THIS AND THAT: Jackie Bradley Jr. has recorded an XBH in 4 of his last 7 games with a PA...The Sox are 10-0 this season when Bradley has at least 1 XBH, as well as 23-2 in such games dating back to 6/29/17.

Rafael Devers has a 10-game on-base streak. Xander Bogaerts has reached base in each of his last 27 home games, MLB’s longest active streak.

The Sox have won each of David Price’s last 4 starts.

JK ROLLING: Joe Kelly has allowed only 1 run in his last 23 outings (since 4/1), posting a 0.37 ERA and a .125/.195/.138/.333 opponent batting line in that time (24.1 IP, 10 H, 6 BB, 26 SO, 1 XBH).

Opponents are 0 for their last 19 against Kelly (2 BB). Against Kelly, LHH are 2-for-38 (.053) with 0 XBH, including

1 for their last 35 (.029) since 4/3, and 0 for their last 17 since 5/4...RHH are slugging .250 with 2 XBH (2 2B).

IN GOOD COMPANY: This is only the 5th time in the Red Sox’ 118-year history they have won 37+ of their first 54 games (also 1946, ‘86, 2002, ‘07)...They won the AL pennant in 3 of those 4 previous years, missing the postseason in 2002 (93-69).

Prior to 2018, each of the last 3 teams to win at least 37 of their first 54 games went on to win the World Series.

TEAMS TO WIN 37+ OF FIRST 54 GAMES (2004-18)Year Club First 54 Finish 2018 BOS 37-17 ---2017 HOU 38-16 Won World Series2016 CHC 39-15 Won World Series2007 BOS 37-17 Won World Series

WHAT A RELIEF: Red Sox relief pitchers have allowed only 3 runs in their last 32.2 IP (0.83 ERA) since 5/19, giving up 1 HR and holding opponents to a .198 AVG in that time.

Since 4/15, BOS relievers lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors in ERA (2.54; 37 ER/131.1 IP)...Overall, the Sox’ bullpen ranks 2nd in the AL in ERA (3.16).

4 Sox relievers have an active scoreless streak of 6.0+ innings: Joe Kelly (8.1), Brian Johnson (8.0), Matt Barnes (7.0), and Steven Wright (6.0).

HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: Andrew Benintendi has fallen a double shy of the cycle in 2 of his last 3 games...In 12 games since 5/15, he is 18-for-43 (.419) with 5 HR and a 1.398 OPS...In 29 games since 4/26, he is 39-for-114 (.342) with a 1.032 OPS.

Benintendi is tied for the ML lead in triples (5)...He is batting .378 with a 1.143 OPS at home (37-for-98, 9 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR).

LEADING OFF: Mookie Betts leads MLB in AVG (.359), SLG (.750), OPS (1.187), runs (52), and XBH (37)...He also ranks 2nd in OBP (.437) and T-2nd in HR (17).

Betts leads the majors in AVG/OPS at home (.405/1.314)...He is also batting .340+ with a 1.000+ OPS vs. LHP (.362/1.245), vs. RHP (.358/1.166), with RISP (.364/1.392), with the bases empty (.374/1.214), with 2 outs (.439/1.437), and with 2 strikes (.340/1.101).

J.D. POWER: J.D. Martinez has 12 HR in his last 24 games, including 8 in his last 14...In 117 games since the 2017 All-Star break, he leads the majors in HR (48) and RBI (116).

Among active hitters with 100+ AB at Fenway Park, Martinez ranks 1st in SLG (.715) and OPS (1.132)...He has 4 HR in his last 4 home games, as well as 6 in his last 8, and 8 in his last 11...He has reached base in each of his last 19 home games since 4/13.

Martinez ranks T-1st in MLB in RBI (44), T-2nd in HR (17), 3rd in SLG (.650), and 3rd in OPS (1.029).

THIS LAND IS MORELAND: Since starting the 2018 season 0-for-12, Mitch Moreland is 38-for-108 (.352) with a .421 OBP...He has homered in 6 of his last 18 games...8 of his last 10 hits have gone for extra bases (4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR)...He has recorded at least 1 XBH in 5 of his last 6 games.

SOX & JAYS: The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 6 games against the Blue Jays and are 18-8 vs. TOR since 2017.

9 of the 19 meetings between the Sox and Jays are taking place in the span of 37 days in April and May...Following this series, these teams will next play from 7/12-15 (at BOS), 8/7-9 (at TOR), and 9/11-13 (at BOS).

DUSTIN TIME: Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in 46 of his last 51 games against the Blue Jays (since 7/29/14)...That includes a 30-game hitting streak spanning the 2014-16 seasons...In that 51-game span vs. TOR, Pedroia has hit .330 (71-for-215) with an .891 OPS.

NO TIME TO REST: The Red Sox are in the midst of a stretch of playing 52 games in 55 days from 4/24-6/17...That includes a stretch of 26 games in 27 days from 5/8-6/3, including 13 straight from 5/22-6/3.

BOSTON RED SOX (37-17) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (25-29)Tuesday, May 29, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA

RHP Rick Porcello (6-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (2-5, 5.40)Game #55 • Home Game #27 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM (Spanish)

REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWNAL East Standing ...........................1st, +2.0Home/Road ................................. 18-8/19-9Day/Night .................................. 14-4/23-13March/April/May ................. 2-1/19-6/16-10vs. AL East ..........................................23-10vs. AL Central .........................................2-1vs. AL West .............................................8-5vs. National League................................4-1vs. RH/LH starter ......................... 31-11/6-6Leading after 6 innings ........................29-2Tied after 6 innings ................................5-1Trailing after 6 innings .........................3-14Leading after 7 innings ........................30-3Tied after 7 innings ................................6-2Trailing after 7 innings .........................1-12Leading after 8 innings ........................33-1Tied after 8 innings ................................3-1Trailing after 8 innings .........................1-15Red Sox score first ................................22-3Opponents score first .........................15-14Shutouts .................................................3-1Scoring less than 3 runs .........................2-4Scoring 3 or 4 runs .................................8-7Scoring 5 or more runs .........................27-6Red Sox hit HR/hit 0 HR .............. 28-11/9-61-run/2-run games ........................ 11-5/6-3Walk-offs ................................................1-2Extra innings (home/road) ............... 1-1/1-2Series openers/finales ................. 11-7/14-3Series W-L-T (home) ........................... 6-2-0Series W-L-T (road) ............................. 7-2-0Series W-L-T (total) ........................... 13-4-0Series sweeps (home/road) ............. 2-0/2-0Come-from-behind wins .........................17

VS. THE BLUE JAYSAll-Time ................................. 343-280 In Boston ....................................165-144 In Toronto ...................................178-136 At Rogers Centre ....................134-103

2018................................................ 5-2 In Boston ............................................1-0 In Toronto ...........................................4-2

DATE H/R SCORE WP LP4/24 R L3-4 (10) Clippard KIMBREL4/25 R W4-3 RODRIGUEZ Barnes4/26 R W5-4 SALE Estrada5/11 R L3-5 (12) Gaviglio JOHNSON5/12 R W5-2 PRICE Estrada5/13 R W5-3 VELÁZQUEZ Biagini5/28 H W8-3 PRICE Sanchez

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSDATE OPP. BOS TIME RED SOX STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TV Wed., 5/30 vs. TOR 1:05 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1, 4.02) RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-0, 2.30) NESN/MLBN

Red Sox on the Radio: All regular season games are broadcast in English on WEEI 93.7 FM and network affiliates, and in Spanish on WCEC 1490 AM/103.7 FM.

WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (9): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009

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* Special thanks to the Elias Sports Bureau, Baseball-Reference.com, and STATS Inc. *

RED SOX TEAM LEADERSBattingHits ..............................................Betts (66)Doubles ........................................Betts (19)Triples....................................Benintendi (5)HR ................................ Betts/Martinez (17)RBI .........................................Martinez (44)Runs .............................................Betts (52)SB.................................................Betts (13)BB .......................................Benintendi (28)AVG (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.359)OBP (min. 100 AB) ....................Betts (.437)SLG (min. 100 AB) .....................Betts (.750)OPS (min. 100 AB) ...................Betts (1.187)PitchingWins .......................................... Porcello (6)Saves ........................................Kimbrel (16)Appearances ................... Kelly/Kimbrel (24)Starts............................................. Sale (12)ERA (min. 20.0 IP) .......................Kelly (1.82) Innings (reliever) ..........................Kelly (24.2) Innings (starter) ......................... Sale (75.0)Strikeouts (reliever) ..................Kimbrel (32)Strikeouts (starter) ...................... Sale (104)Active scoreless streak ................ Kelly (8.1)

MOST WINS IN MLB, 2016-18Rk. Club WinsT1. Boston ................................... 223T1. Chicago-NL ................................. 223T1. Cleveland .................................... 2234. Washington................................. 222

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TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER

TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER

W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2018 6-2 3.74 11 11 67.1 64 30 28 5 13 65 .247CAREER 124-101 4.23 289 285 1739.0 1885 900 818 202 394 1239 .276

TONIGHT’S START: Since joining the Red Sox in 2015, Porcello is 45-6 (.882) in 64 starts when he receives 3+

runs of support, with the Red Sox going 53-11 in those games. Is among AL leaders in BB/9.0 IP (7th, 1.74), SO/BB ratio (8th, 5.00), and HR/9.0 IP (7th, 0.67). His 6 wins are tied for the 6th-most in the AL this season. Is tied with Corey Kluber and Daniel Mengden for the AL lead in starts with 0 BB (5), and

tied for the 2nd-most in the majors (Nova-6, Mikolas-5). Has issued 1 or 0 BB in 7 starts this year, tied for the 7th-most in the AL...Leads the majors

with 162 starts of 1 or 0 BB since the beginning of 2009. His 50 starts with 1 or 0 BB since the beginning of 2016 are the 4th-most in the majors

during that time, trailing only Josh Tomlin, Bartolo Colon, and Mike Leake (all 51). Logged 6.0+ IP in 8 of his starts this season, tied with Chris Sale for the team lead. Is tied with Justin Verlander (65) for the most starts of 6.0+ IP since the start of 2016 (64).

Last start: Allowed a season-high 6 runs over 3.2 IP on 5/24 at TB (L, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO). Was his shortest start since 7/29/15 with BOS vs. CWS (2.0 IP).

VS. THE BLUE JAYS: Surrendered 3 R over 7.0 IP on 4/24 at TOR (ND, 3 H, 3 BB, 9 SO). Is 9-9 with a 4.92 ERA (71 ER/130.0 IP) in 22 career appearances (21 starts) vs. TOR.

AT HOME: Is 3-1 with a 3.71 ERA (14 ER/34.0 IP) over 5 starts at Fenway Park this season...Allowed 3

ER or fewer in 4 of those outings. Logged at least 6.0 innings in each of his home starts this year, and in 32 of his 40 since

the beginning of 2016.2018 HIGHLIGHTS:

Had a 7-decision winning streak from 9/16/17 to 5/4/18, the 2nd-longest of his career...Trails only his career-long 8-decision stretch from 5/22-7/29/16.

Issued just 4 BB over 40.1 IP in April, the most IP by a Red Sox pitcher with 4 BB or fewer during the month in the last 100 seasons...Is 1 of 11 AL pitchers, and 19 ML pitchers, in that span with 40.0+ IP and 4 BB or fewer prior to May.

Allowed his 1st HR of the season on 4/29 vs. TB...Porcello’s 40.1 IP through the end of April are the 2nd-most by a Red Sox before May with 1 or 0 HR allowed since 1913, trailing only Babe Ruth in 1917 (45.0 IP, 0 HR).

Earned the win in each of his first 4 starts (3/31-4/18) and 5 straight including his final start of 2017 (9/27)...Marked his longest streak of wins in consecutive starts since a 6-start stretch from 6/28-7/29/16...Was the 1st Red Sox to win his first 4+ starts of a season since winning his first 5 in 2016.

Issued just 1 BB in his first 4 starts (25.2 IP)...After walking TB’s Jesus Sucre in the 3rd inning on 3/31, went 22.2 IP before issuing his next BB (1st inning, 4/24 at TOR). Tossed 6.0+ innings with 0 BB in 3 consecutive starts from 4/7-18, the longest streak by a Red Sox since his own 3-start stretch from 5/1-12 in 2017. Hurled 6.0 scoreless IP on 4/18 at LAA and 7.0 scoreless IP on 4/12 vs. NYY, both with 0 BB...Was his 1st streak of scoreless starts with 6.0+ IP since 2016 (2, 4/25-30)...

Became the 4th Red Sox since at least 1908 with consecutive scoreless starts of 6.0+ IP and 0 BB: Josh Beckett (2, 2009), Bill Monbouquette (2, 1964), Wes Ferrell (2, 1934).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Won the 2016 AL Cy Young Award after leading the majors in wins (22-4) and SO/BB ratio (5.91)...The Red Sox went 25-8 in his starts, including 17-3 in his fi nal 20.

22-RICK PORCELLO, RHP 6-2, 3.74 ERA, 11 starts

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

IPHRERBBSOHRCG

SHOWIN STREAKLOSS STREAK

10+ SO G

20187.2, 4/29 vs. TB9, 5/14 vs. OAK

6, 5/24 at TB5, 2x, last 5/14 vs. OAK3, 3x, last 5/19 vs. BAL9, 2x, last 5/19 vs. BAL

2, 5/14 vs. OAK--

5, 3/31-5/91, 2x, last 5/24

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CAREER9.0, 6x, last 9/19/16 at BAL12, 6x, last 7/4/16 vs. TEX

11, 8/25/17 vs. BAL9, 4/20/13 at LAA6, 5/29/14 at OAK13, 9/1/15 vs. NYY4, 4/14/17 vs. TB

9, last 7/23/17 at LAA3, last 8/20/14 at TB8, 5/22/16-7/29/16

7, 5/22-7/1/154, last 9/1/15 vs. NYY (13)

SPLITS

HOMEROAD

OPP. AVGVS. LHBVS. RHB

WHIP

20183-1, 3.71 ERA, 5 GS3-1, 3.78 ERA, 6 GS.247 (64-259), 5 HR.235 (27-115), 5 HR.257 (37-144), 0 HR

1.14

CAREER64-49, 4.42 ERA, 142 GS

60-52, 4.05 ERA, 147 G, 143 GS.276 (1885-6836), 202 HR.286 (1040-3639), 116 HR

.264 (845-3197), 86 HR1.31

BLUE JAYS CAREER VS. PORCELLO PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBIDonaldson .308 39 12 1 2Granderson .294 17 5 0 3Hernandez .200 5 1 0 0Maile 1.000 1 1 0 1Martin .125 32 4 1 1Morales .205 39 8 2 7Pillar .256 39 10 0 2Smith Jr. - 0 0 0 0Smoak .250 32 8 3 10Solarte .000 3 0 0 0Travis .222 18 4 0 2Urshela .667 3 2 0 1

RED SOX CAREER vs. ESTRADA

PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Benintendi .333 18 6 0 2Betts .138 29 4 0 2Bogaerts .138 29 4 1 4Bradley Jr. .167 18 3 1 2Devers .167 6 1 0 2Holt .118 17 2 0 0Leon .250 8 2 0 1Martinez .231 13 3 1 5Moreland .190 21 4 1 2Núñez .143 14 2 0 0Pedroia .452 31 14 0 5Swihart .333 6 2 0 0Vázquez .133 15 2 0 0

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VS. TOR W-L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO2018 0-0 3.86 1 1 7.0 3 3 0 3 9CAREER 9-9 4.92 22 21 130.0 131 71 21 33 97at FENWAY 4-1 5.26 6 6 37.2 37 22 10 10 35

STARTING PITCHERS’ BREAKDOWN

QUALITY SOXSTARTER GS STARTS RS/IP RSA REC.Sale 12 8 44/75.0 5.28 7-5Price 11 4 38/62.1 5.49 7-4Porcello 11 7 45/67.1 6.01 7-4Velázquez 2 0 10/10.2 8.44 2-0Johnson 1 1 6/6.0 9.00 1-0Rodriguez 10 3 43/53.2 7.21 9-1Pomeranz 7 2 17/32.0 4.78 4-3

57-EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ 5-1, 4.02 ERA, 10 starts W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG2018 5-1 4.02 10 10 53.2 50 24 24 7 19 65 .239CAREER 24-21 4.20 76 75 419.2 395 203 196 55 146 413 .245

LAST 5 STARTSDATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO5/5 at TEX - 6.0 4 5 5 2 105/10 at NYY - 5.0 1 0 0 3 85/15 OAK L 5.0 6 3 3 0 45/20 BAL W 5.2 9 0 0 0 75/25 ATL W 5.2 6 2 2 3 73.29 ERA 2-1 27.1 25 10 10 8 36

TOMORROW’S START: Posted a 2.11 ERA (5 ER/21.1 IP) in his last 4 starts, tossing 5.0+ scoreless IP in 2...Has allowed

just 3 hits in 18 AB with RISP in those outings (.167 AVG, BB). Allowed 3 ER over 6.2 IP on 4/25 at TOR (W, 6 H, BB, 3 SO). Is 2-3 with a 5.44 ERA (28 ER/46.1 IP) in 9 career appearances (8 starts) vs. TOR.

2018 REGULAR SEASON GAME LOGDATE SCORE OPP DEC SCORE WHEN LEFT IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT/STRIKES NOTES3/31 W3-2 at TB W 3-0 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 89/61 Held TB scoreless through 5.0 IP4/7 W10-3 TB W 10-3 7.1 6 3 3 0 7 0 94/66 Retired 17 straight Rays from the 2nd inning to the 7th4/12 W6-3 NYY W 6-0 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 99/69 Carried a no-hitter through 6.0 IP4/18 W9-0 at LAA W 7-0 6.0 6 0 0 0 6 0 101/71 1st back-to-back scoreless starts since 2016 (2, 4/25-30)4/24 L3-4 at TOR - 1-3 7.0 3 3 3 3 9 0 103/65 9+ SO for the 1st time since 4/26/17 (also 9)4/29 W4-3 TB - 3-3 7.2 7 3 3 0 6 1 116/82 Longest start with 0 BB since 7/8/17 at TB (8.0 IP)5/4 W5-1 at TEX W 4-1 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 96/61 Career-long 6th consecutive winning decision on the road5/9 L6-9 at NYY - 4-5 5.1 8 5 5 3 3 0 91/51 Season-high 5 R and 8 H5/14 L5-6 OAK L 3-5 6.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 108/69 1st loss of 2018, snapping 7-decision winning streak5/19 W6-3 BAL W 4-3 6.0 6 3 3 3 9 1 107/67 Season-high-tying 9 SO (also 4/24 at TOR)5/24 L3-6 at TB L 0-6 3.2 8 6 4 2 2 0 92/54 Shortest start since 7/29/15 with BOS vs. CWS (2.0 IP)

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16 - ANDREW BENINTENDI , OF .292 AVG 7 HR 37 RBI .378 OBP .521 SLG vs. RHP: 47-149 (.315), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 3-5, R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI ROAD TRIP: 0-5, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (7-12, 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI)vs. LHP: 9-43 (.209), 1 HR ATL SERIES: 4-10, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (5/8-16)

Fell a double shy of the cycle yesterday, including a 3-run HR, his 4th in his last 8 games...Was hit fi rst career HR hit over the Green Monster.Became the fi rst Sox hitter to triple to LF at Fenway since Jacoby Ellsbury on 4/10/13 vs. BAL...Is tied for the ML lead with 5 triples, including 2 in his last 3 games.Was his ninth 3-hit game of the season, tied for 2nd-most in the majors...In 4 games batting leadoff, has gone 8-for-18 (.444) with 2 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI.Drove in a season-high 4 runs last night and is tied for 6th in the AL with 37 RBI this season...Has 19 RBI in his last 15 games, and 17 in his last 11 home games.Ranks 10th in the AL with an .899 OPS...Is 10-for-23 (.435) in his last 5 games vs. the Blue Jays, with 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, and 2 SB.Is 18-for-43 (.419) with 2 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, and 16 RBI in his last 12 games...In his last 29, is batting .345 (39-for-113) with 23 runs, 9 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, and 24 RBI.Has hit .378 (37-for-98) with 9 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR, and 26 RBI in 25 home games...Ranks 2nd in the AL in home AVG and 5th in SLG (.704) and OPS (1.143).

50 - MOOKIE BETTS , OF .359 AVG 17 HR 37 RBI .437 OBP .750 SLG vs. RHP: 49-137 (.358), 11 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 3-10, R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (3-11, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB)vs. LHP: 17-47 (.362), 6 HR ATL SERIES: 2-7, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (3/31-4/11)

Is tied for 2nd in the majors with 17 HR...Leads MLB in batting average (.359), SLG (.750), OPS (1.187), runs (52), XBH (37), and TB (138)...Also ranks among AL leaders in hits (4th, 66), 2B (T-2nd, 19), RBI (T-6th, 37), OBP (2nd, .437), and stolen bases (2nd, 13).Has reached base in 22 of his 23 games vs. TOR since the start of 2017, batting .333 (34-for-102) with 22 runs, 8 2B, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 15 BB/16 SO, and 12 SB...His 12 SB vs. TOR in that time are the most by an AL hitter vs. any single opponent since 2017...Ranks 3rd among active hitters with 19 career SB vs. TOR.Leads the majors with 52 runs, which were the most by a Red Sox hitter through 53 team games since Ted Williams (55) and Vern Stephens (52) in 1950.Has 2 SB in his last 3 games, 10 in his last 16, and 13 this season (2nd in the AL)...Is 1 of 3 players with 10+ HR and 10+ SB (also Mike Trout, Tim Anderson).Leads the majors at home with a .405 AVG, .835 SLG, and 1.314 OPS, ranking 2nd with a .478 OBP (32-for-79, 29 runs, 13 2B, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 11 BB/11 SO).Had 37 XBH through 51 team games...Since 1950, the only other hitters with 37+ XBH through 51 team games were Stan Musial in 1954 (37), Hank Aaron in 1959 (38), Frank Thomas in 1994 (37), Edgar Martinez in 1996 (43), Magglio Ordoñez in 2007 (38), and David Ortiz in 2016 (38).His 17 HR are tied with J.D. Martinez for the 3rd-most by a Sox hitter through the month of May, trailing Mo Vaughn in 1996 (20) and Jim Rice in 1978 (18).Leads the AL batting .372 in May and .439 with 2 outs...Is batting .358 vs RHP (2nd in the AL), .362 vs. LHP (7th), and .340 with 2 strikes (2nd).

2 - XANDER BOGAERTS , SS .277 AVG 7 HR 27 RBI .329 OBP .507 SLG vs. RHP: 32-117 (.274), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 1-5, R ROAD TRIP: 1-10, R, 2B, RBI, BB, HBP CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-5, R)vs. LHP: 9-31 (.290), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 2-10, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 6 G (4/5-30)

Has reached base safely in each of his last 27 home games (.337/35-for-104), a career-long streak and the longest active such streak in the majors.Has scored 3 runs in his last 4 games...Has drawn 3 BB in his last 3 games, and 4 in his last 5.Hit a game-tying HR in the 4th inning Friday night...Has 7 HR in 148 AB this season (21.14 AB/HR) after averaging 47.41 AB/HR through his fi rst 5 years.Has 2 HR in his last 5 games vs. TOR, including on 9/27/17 at Fenway Park...Is batting .310/.351/.575 in 22 games vs. the AL East this season.Has 3 HR in his last 8 home games, and 5 in just 18 games at Fenway this season...Has hit .300 (21-for-70) with a .557 SLG at home.23 of his 41 hits, including 12 XBH, have come with 2 strikes...His 271 2-strike hits since 2015 are 16 more than any other hitter (Betts, 255).

19 - JACKIE BRADLEY JR. , OF .184 AVG 2 HR 10 RBI .275 OBP .286 SLG vs. RHP: 23-107 (.215), 2 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB ROAD TRIP: 3-11, R, 2B CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (3-9, 3 R, 2B, 3B, RBI)vs. LHP: 4-40 (.100), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 2-6, R, 3B SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 3 G (4x, last 5/27-pres.)

Drove in a run with a double in the 4th inning yesterday, his 4th XBH in his last 7 games with a PA.Has hit safely in 6 of those games, is batting .304 (7-for-23) with 5 runs, 3 2B, 3B...Has reached in 10 of his last 28 PA (.357 OBP, .280/7-for-25, 3 BB, 3 2B, 3B).Hit his 17th career triple Friday, his fi rst since 8/20/17 vs. NYY...His last 4 triples have come with the game tied.The Red Sox are 48-10 (.828) in his last 58 games with an XBH, including a 23-2 record (.920) in his last 25.Is 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts this season...Among active hitters, ranks 4th with an 87.5% career stolen base percentage (35-for-40, min. 35 attempts).

11 - RAFAEL DEVERS , 3B .239 AVG 9 HR 28 RBI .296 OBP .426 SLG vs. RHP: 37-150 (.247), 6 HR YESTERDAY: 2-4, R ROAD TRIP: 2-9, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (3-7, R, 2B)vs. LHP: 10-47 (.213), 3 HR ATL SERIES: 1-7, 2B, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (2x, last 4/15-20)

Recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the season yesterday...Has reached base in his last 10 games, his 2nd-longest career streak (12 G, 9/29/17-4/10/18).Has hit .309 vs. LHP in his career (30-for-97)...Is batting .307 (31-for-101) when leading off an inning and .339 (20-for-59) on fi rst pitches.Walked in 5 straight games from 5/20-25, a career-long streak and tied for the longest by a Red Sox hitter this season (also Benintendi, 3/31-4/7).Hit his 9th HR of the season on 5/22 at TB, ranking 3rd on the team...Was his fi rst career HR on a full count...Has 8 solo HR and 1 grand slam this season.His 19 career HR are tied with Bobby Doerr for the 3rd-most by a Red Sox hitter before his 22nd birthday since 1908 (Conigliaro-84, Williams-49).

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LAST HOME RUN MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMESPLAYER DATE, OPP. PITCHER AB SINCE 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI 6+RBI TOTALBenintendi 5/28/18 vs. TOR Sanchez 2 8 9 0 0 17 4 4 1 0 0 9Betts 5/25/18 vs. ATL Wisler 4 14 5 2 0 21 2 4 2 0 0 8Bogaerts 5/25/18 vs. ATL Teheran 13 5 5 0 0 10 2 2 1 0 1 6Bradley Jr. 4/20/18 at OAK Graveman 89 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3Devers 5/22/18 at TB Pruitt 17 9 4 0 0 13 6 0 1 0 0 7Holt 4/17/18 at LAA Bard 46 4 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1Leon 5/6/18 at TEX Fister 25 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1Martinez 5/28/18 vs. TOR Sanchez 0 16 2 2 0 20 10 3 1 0 0 14Moreland 5/25/18 vs. ATL Wisler 13 7 4 0 0 11 4 0 2 0 0 6Núñez 5/1/18 vs. KC Herrera 86 8 1 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 2Pedroia 9/9/17 vs. TB Andriese 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Swihart 9/29/15 at NYY Mitchell 111 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Vázquez 9/14/17 vs. OAK Gossett 179 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

2018 vs. TOR CAREER vs. TOR CAREER AT FENWAY PARKPLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBIBenintendi .323 31 10 1 7 .243 107 26 2 13 .295 414 122 12 69Betts .250 28 7 2 3 .302 278 84 9 44 .316 1,110 351 42 188Bogaerts .176 17 3 1 2 .284 303 86 8 41 .306 1,280 392 32 175Bradley Jr. .176 17 3 0 1 .203 222 45 6 30 .249 912 227 26 127Devers .208 24 5 0 2 .216 51 11 0 3 .267 217 58 10 27Holt .474 19 9 0 3 .264 178 47 1 12 .264 734 194 6 66Leon .000 5 0 0 0 .191 68 13 1 4 .268 340 91 5 39Martinez .292 24 7 3 9 .308 91 28 8 29 .366 123 45 11 28Moreland .188 16 3 0 1 .262 191 50 8 28 .292 356 104 17 59Núñez .200 25 5 0 1 .232 194 45 2 19 .291 254 74 7 28Pedroia - 0 0 0 0 .298 702 209 22 106 .317 2,990 947 73 397Swihart - 0 0 0 0 .216 51 11 0 2 .269 182 49 2 23Vázquez .100 20 2 0 0 .214 131 28 1 9 .278 389 108 6 39

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612- BROCK HOLT , OF/INF .329 AVG 1 HR 8 RBI .398 OBP .479 SLG vs. RHP: 19-64 (.297), 1 HR YESTERDAY: 0-1, RBI, 2 BB ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-1vs. LHP: 5-9 (.556), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 1-2, R, BB, SB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/14-26)

Walked twice and drove in his first game-winning RBI of the season yesterday with a sacrifice fly...In 6 games vs. TOR this season, is 9-for-19 (.474) with 3 runs, 4 2B, 3 RBI, a .500 OBP, and a 1.184 OPS.Has reached base in 8 of his last 13 PA, going 4-for-8 (.500) with 4 BB...Began the season 1-for-16 (.063), but over his last 18 games, is batting .404 (23-for-57) with 7 runs, 8 2B, HR, 7 RBI, and 4 BB/6 SO.Has reached base in 19 of his last 21 games, and 25 of his last 26 starts since 9/16/17...Reached base in a career-high 22 straight starts from 9/16/17-5/13/18.Is 6 for his last 10 (.600) with RISP...Since 7/20/17, is batting .324 (12-for-37) with RISP, drawing 6 BB against 9 SO.

3 - SANDY LEON , C .222 AVG 1 HR 5 RBI .279 OBP .286 SLG vs. RHP: 10-42 (.238), 1 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: 3-7, R, BB CURRENT STREAK: 0-5vs. LHP: 4-21 (.190), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 0-3 SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 5 G (5/14-24)

Snapped a career-high-tying 5-game hitting streak Sunday (.438/7-for-16), his longest streak since 6/20-7/1/17 (5).Had reached base multiple times in each of his last 4 games (.533 OBP)...Is 10-for-27 (.370) with 5 R, 3 BB, 2B, HR, and 3 RBI in his last 9 games.Since 2017, the Red Sox are 6-1 when he homers, 19-8 when he drives in a run, and 13-2 in his multi-hit games...BOS is 38-13 when he drives in a run since 2015.Leads the majors with a 3.35 catcher’s ERA since 2017...Has a 3.09 catcher’s ERA in 166.0 innings caught this season (3rd in the AL, min. 150.0 innings).Ranks 4th among active catchers (min. 100 games) with a 36.1 career CCS% (44-for-122)...Opponents are 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts this season.

28 - J.D. MARTINEZ , OF/DH .320 AVG 17 HR 44 RBI .379 OBP .650 SLG vs. RHP: 49-153 (.320), 16 HR YESTERDAY: 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB ROAD TRIP: 1-11, R, BB CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB)vs. LHP: 14-44 (.318), 1 HR ATL SERIES: 1-8, R, HR, RBI, BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 12 G (4/29-5/11)

Hit his 17th HR yesterday (T-2nd in MLB)...Has 8 HR in his last 14 games and 12 in his last 24...Has 4 HR in his last 4 home games, 6 in his last 8, and 8 in his last 11.Drove in 2 runs yesterday, tying Manny Machado for the ML lead in RBI (44) and multi-RBI games (14)...Is tied for 5th in the AL with 10 go-ahead RBI.In his last 81 games (since 8/26/17), leads MLB by 4 points in AVG (.343/108-for-315), 7 HR (36), 12 RBI (83), 61 points in SLG (.759), and 45 points in OPS (1.155).Has reached base in his last 19 home games, the longest streak in the AL this season, batting .375 (27-for-72) with 5 2B, 9 HR, and 20 RBI.Ranks among AL leaders with a .320 AVG (8th), 63 hits (T-9th), .379 OBP (11th), .650 SLG (3rd), 1.187 OPS (4th), 30 XBH (4th), and 128 TB (2nd).Leads MLB with 48 HR, 116 RBI, .706 SLG, and 1.081 OPS since the 2017 All-Star break...The only other hitter with 100+ RBI in that time is Giancarlo Stanton (102).Ranks 2nd among actives at Fenway with a .366 AVG (11th since 1913), leading the group with a .715 SLG (2nd) and 1.132 OPS (3rd; min. 100 AB).Ranks 4th in the majors with 30 XBH, including 27 vs. RHP (T-1st in MLB)...Has 8 XBH in his last 11 games, 15 in his last 20, and 17 in his last 24.Has 5 HR and 15 RBI in his last 9 games vs. TOR (.355 AVG)...In 26 career such games, has a .308/.379/.659 batting line with 29 RBI (28-for-91, 8 2B, 8 HR).

18 - MITCH MORELAND , 1B .317 AVG 8 HR 26 RBI .385 OBP .642 SLG vs. RHP: 30-90 (.333), 7 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4 ROAD TRIP: 3-12, R, 3 2B, RBI, 3 BB CURRENT STREAK: 6 G (8-26, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI)vs. LHP: 8-30 (.267), 1 HR ATL SERIES: 4-13, 2 R, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 9 G (4/8-22)

Ranks 4th in MLB with a .642 SLG and a 1.027 OPS (min. 100 AB), trailing only Mookie Betts, Mike Trout, and J.D. Martinez...Is batting .346 (37-for-107) with a 1.114 OPS in his last 31 G.Tripled for the 2nd straight game Sunday after playing his previous 512 games without a triple (last 4/2/14 with TEX vs. PHI)...Has 5 triples in 3,124 career AB.Has 6 XBH in his last 6 games (.308/8-for-26, 4 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI)...Has 2 streaks of 5+ games with an XBH this season, including 5/20-27...No other Red Sox hitter has a streak as long, and no other AL hitter has multiple streaks that long.In 11 games hitting in the 4th spot in the order, has hit .435 (20-for-46) with 11 runs, 3 2B, 3B, 6 HR, and 17 RBI...Has hit safely in 10 of those 11 games.Ranks 6th in the AL with a .359 home batting AVG (min. 50 AB), also ranking 6th with a .703 SLG and a 1.126 OPS (23-for-64, 12 R, 9 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR).Is batting .324 (12-for-37) with RISP this season, including a .462 clip (6-for-13) with RISP and 2 outs.

36 - EDUARDO NÚÑEZ , INF .243 AVG 3 HR 12 RBI .260 OBP .357 SLG vs. RHP: 36-137 (.263), 3 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R ROAD TRIP: 4-11, 2 R, 2B, RBI CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (1-4, R)vs. LHP: 9-48 (.188), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 1-8, R SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 7 G (5/6-14)

Singled and scored his 23rd run of the season in yesterday’s win...Is 6-for-19 (.316) with 4 R, 2B, RBI in his last 5 games.Has hit safely in 21 of his last 26 games since 4/28...Has hit in 35 of 47 games this season (74.5%), the 2nd-highest percentage on the team (Betts-75.0%).In his last 15 games vs. TOR, is batting .302 (19-for-63) with 6 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, and 9 RBI...Has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games vs. the club.Has hit .343 (48-for-140) with RISP since the start of last season, ranking 11th among ML hitters in that time.Is batting .318 (7-for-22) with 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored in the 9th inning and after.

15 - DUSTIN PEDROIA , 2B .000 AVG 0 HR 0 RBI .222 OBP .000 SLG vs. RHP: 0-4 (.000), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-7vs. LHP: 0-3 (.000), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 0-7, R, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: ---

Has walked in each of 2 games this season...Has 51 BB and 49 SO since the start of last season...His next walk will tie Jimmie Foxx (624) for 12th in Red Sox history.In 105 games in 2017, batted .293 (119-for-406) with a .369 OBP, his 11th consecutive season batting above .275.Last season, hit .344 vs. LHP (21-for-61), .332 at home (68-for-205), .330 with RISP (35-for-106), and .365 with RISP & 2 outs (19-for-52).Has 0.96 BB/SO over his career (623 BB/652 SO), the 2nd-highest rate among active major leaguers (min. 1,000 PA).Has reached in his last 11 games vs. TOR (.370/17-for-46), homering twice in his last 6...Leads actives in runs (100, tied), hits (209), and RBI (106) vs. the club.Has hit safely in 46 of his last 51 games vs. TOR, reaching in 49 and batting .330 (71-for-215) with 17 2B, 3B, 6 HR, and 43 RBI.

23 - BLAKE SWIHART , C /UTL .139 AVG 0 HR 2 RBI .244 OBP .167 SLG vs. RHP: 3-23 (.130), 0 HR YESTERDAY: DNP ROAD TRIP: --- CURRENT STREAK: 0-5vs. LHP: 2-13 (.154), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 1-6, R, 2 BB SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 1 G (4x, last 5/26)

On Sunday, made his first start in LF since 6/4/16...Has played 19 games this season, including 4 in left field, 2 at first base, and 2 at catcher.Reached base twice Saturday, including an RBI single in the 3rd, driving in his 2nd run of the season.Has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games vs. TOR, batting .292 (7-for-24) with 3 R, 2 RBI, and 4 BB (.379 OBP).Posted a .485 SLG in 25 spring training games, tying for the league lead with 7 2B and homering 3 times...Appeared defensively at C, 1B, 3B, and LF.

7 - CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ , C .194 AVG 0 HR 6 RBI .234 OBP .231 SLG vs. RHP: 19-102 (.186), 0 HR YESTERDAY: 1-4, R ROAD TRIP: 1-4, R CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (2-8, R, RBI)vs. LHP: 7-32 (.219), 0 HR ATL SERIES: 1-7, RBI SEASON-HIGH STREAK: 4 G (5/16-23)

Has hit in 6 of his last 7 games, batting .280 (7-for-25) with 3 R, 2B, RBI...Has not struck out in his last 9 games, a career-long streak.Tied Saturday’s game with a 2-out RBI single in the 3rd, his 200th career hit...Was his 5th RBI of the season and 5th career game-tying RBI (last 9/14/17 vs. OAK).His 39.7% career CCS% (46-for-116) is the 4th-highest rate by any catcher since 1987 (min. 200 G).Ranks 4th in the AL with a 3.83 catcher’s ERA after the Red Sox allowed 12 runs combined in his last 5 games.

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1ST BATTERS RELIEF HIGHSPITCHER LAST TIME OUT (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO RETIRED/FACED RI/S SAVES/OPP INNINGS STRIKEOUTS

32 - MATT BARNES , RHP 0 - 1 0 SV 2.49 ERAvs. ALL: .139 (10 -72 ), 1 HR vs. RHB: .111 (5 - 45 ), 1 HR vs. LHB: .185 ( 5 - 27 ), 0 HR WHIP: 1.02

Threw a perfect 8th inning with 1 SO Friday vs. ATL (12th hold, 13 pitches)...Was his 22nd appearance of the season.Has not allowed a run in his last 7 appearances (since 5/10): 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 SO, 0.86 WHIP, .130 AVG, 23 AB. 18 of his 22 appearances this year have been scoreless...Since 4/13, has posted 15 scoreless appearances in 17 games (1.59 ERA, 3 ER, 17.0 IP, 7 BB, 25 SO).Among AL relievers this season, ranks T-2nd in holds (12), 5th in hits/9.0 IP (4.15), opp. AVG (.139), and SO/BF (.349), and 7th in SO/9.0 IP (12.46).

37 - HEATH HEMBREE , RHP 2 - 1 0 SV 4.81 ERAvs. ALL: .277 (26 -94 ), 3 HR vs. RHB: .277 ( 18 -65 ), 2 HR vs. LHB: .276 (8 -29 ), 1 HR WHIP: 1.44

Threw the 6th & 7th innings of yesterday’s win vs. TOR (2.0 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 3 SO, 33 pitches); tied his season highs in IP and SO; was his 23rd appearance.Over his last 7 games, has posted a 2.57 ERA (2 ER/7.0 IP) with 1 BB and 11 SO (since 5/13); has stranded all 5 baserunners he has inherited in that span.Averaging 11.10 SO/9.0 IP this year (30 SO in 24.1 IP)...Holding opponents to a .211 AVG (4-for-19) with RISP.Has pitched more than 1.0 inning in 8 of his 23 appearances this year and has gone 2.0 IP fi ve times.

61 - BRIAN JOHNSON , LHP 1 - 2 0 SV 4.67 ERAvs. ALL: .278 (30 -108 ), 4 HR vs. RHB: .280 ( 21 - 75 ), 4 HR vs. LHB: .273 (9- 33 ), 0 HR WHIP: 1.41

Threw 2.2 scoreless IP Sunday vs. ATL (H, BB, 30 pitches) & stranded 1 inherited runner in the 5th; was his 16th appearance of the season.Has an active, season-best 8.0 IP scoreless streak (5 games) since 5/14...In 15 relief appearances this season: 0-2, 5.57 ERA, 13 ER, 21.0 IP, 6 BB, 18 SO.Including his start on 4/2 at MIA, has allowed just 3 runs on the road this season (2.19 ERA, 12.1 IP) and 11 ER in 14.2 IP at Fenway (6.75 ERA).Made 1st career Opening Day roster in 2018...Made his 2018 debut in a start on 4/2 at MIA (W, 6.0 IP, 1 ER), the 7th start of his ML career.

56 - JOE KELLY , RHP 3 - 0 2 SV 1.82 ERAvs. ALL: .134 ( 11 -82 ), 0 HR vs. RHB: .205 ( 9 - 44 ), 0 HR vs. LHB: .053 (2 - 38 ), 0 HR WHIP: 0.81

On 10 pitches, threw a perfect 8th inning to get a hold in Saturday’s win vs. ATL (1.0 IP, SO); was his 8th straight scoreless outing (7.1 IP, H, 2 BB, 8 SO). Has not allowed a hit in his last 6 full appearances (since 5/13): 20 batters faced (18 AB); last allowed a hit on 5/12 at TOR (Pillar). 22 of his 24 appearances this year are scoreless...Has allowed just 1 run in his last 23 outings since 4/1: 0.37 ERA (1 ER/24.1 IP), 10 H, 6 BB, 26 SO, .125 AVG. Allowed 4 runs in 0.1 IP in his season debut (3/29 at TB) & then posted a season-best 15.1-IP scoreless streak (4/1-5/8)...Has allowed 5 runs total in 2018. Among all AL relievers, ranks 3rd in WHIP (0.81), 4th in hits/9.0 IP (4.01) & opp. AVG (.134), 9th in ERA (1.82), 1st in both opp. SLG (.159) and opp. OPS (.387). Dating to 8/21/17, has held left-handed hitters to a .063 AVG (4-for-64) with 23 SO which includes a 1-for-35 (.029 AVG) since 4/3 and an 0-for-17 since 5/4.

46 - CRAIG KIMBREL , RHP 1 - 1 16 SV 2.31 ERAvs. ALL: .17 1 (14-82), 5 HR vs. RHB: .140 ( 6 - 43 ), 2 HR vs. LHB: .205 ( 8 - 39 ), 3 HR WHIP: 0.81

Worked around a leadoff HR (Acuna) to record his 16th SV of the year Saturday vs. ATL (1.0 IP, H, HR, 11 pitches); was his 24th appearance of the year.Among AL relievers this season, ranks 2nd SV (16), 4th in WHIP (0.81) & SO/BF (.364), 8th in SO/9.0 IP (12.34), 8th in opp. AVG (.171), and 9th in SO (32).Since 2016 among ML relievers is 2nd in SO/BF (.429) & SO/9.0 IP (14.92), 3rd in opp. AVG (.150), T-3rd in SO (241), 4th in SV (82), 5th in WHIP (0.85) & SV% (91.1).

Has 307 career SV (25th all time trailing Fernando Rodney who is T-22nd with 311) and his 91.0% career conversion rate (338 SVO) is the highest all-time for any closer with 250 or more chances...Has 82 career saves as a Red Sox which is 7th all time trailing Derek Lowe (6th - 85).Became the fastest in MLB history to reach 300 saves in terms of career appearances (494 games) and save opportunites (330 opportunities) when he did so on 5/5 at TEX...Also became the 1st pitcher in history to reach 300 saves before turning 30 years old when doing so (30th birthday is 5/28/88).

76 - HECTOR VELAZQUEZ , RHP 5 - 0 0 SV 2.15 ERAvs. ALL: .281 (32 -114 ), 3 HR vs. RHB: .269 ( 18 -67 ), 0 HR vs. LHB: .298 ( 14 -47 ), 3 HR WHIP: 1.36

Threw the fi nal 2.0 IP of Sunday’s loss vs. ATL (2.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 38 pitches); his 13th appearance of the season.Has allowed only 2 runs over his last 9 relief appearances (15.2 IP, 1.15 ERA) since 4/20...Earned 3 wins in that span...Overall has 5 in 13 appearances in 2018.Activated from the 10-day DL, 5/24 (low back strain, 5/14-23)...On a rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket; threw 1.0 scoreless IP, 5/21 vs. Scranton/WB.In 11 relief appearances this year: 3-0, 1.93 ERA (4 ER, 18.2 IP), 6 BB, 10 SO...Made 2 starts for BOS this April: 2-0, 2.53 ERA, 3 ER/10.2 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO.

35 - STEVEN WRIGHT , RHP 1 - 0 0 SV 2.77 ERA vs. ALL: .178 ( 8 -45 ), 1 HR vs. RHB: .211 ( 8 -38 ), 1 HR vs. LHB: .000 ( 0 -7 ), 0 HR WHIP: 1.15

Threw the fi nal 2.0 innings of yesterday’s win vs. TOR (2.0 IP, H, 2 SO, 20 pitches); his 5th appearance of the season and 3rd straight scoreless outing (6.0 IP).Added to the active ML roster on 5/14...Began the season on the DL recovering from left knee surgery done in May 2017 and rehabbed with Triple-A Pawtucket (2 starts)...Was reinstated from the DL on 4/28 and placed on the restricted list for 15 games...Began a 2nd rehab assignment with Pawtucket (2 relief appear-ances)...Appeared in 4 games (2 GS) during his rehab-stints with the PawSox: 0-0, 4.30 ERA (7 ER/14.2 IP), 3 BB, 8 SO.For his ML career is 5-0, 3.65 ERA (25 ER, 61.2 IP), 26 BB, 49 SO in 20 relief appearances...Is 17-14, 3.99 ERA (106 ER, 239.0 IP), 83 BB, 185 SO in 40 starts.

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2018 VS. TOR CAREER VS. TOR CAREER AT FENWAY PARKPLAYER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ER W-L-SV ERA G/GS IP H ERBarnes 0-0-0 0.00 3/0 3.1 2 0 1-1-0 4.50 24/0 26.0 29 13 8-6-1 4.51 99/2 111.2 112 56Hembree 0-0-0 2.70 3/0 3.1 3 1 0-1-0 3.91 18/0 23.0 21 10 4-1-0 2.70 84/0 96.2 105 29Johnson 0-1-0 - 1/0 0.0 1 2 1-1-0 7.36 3/2 11.0 16 9 1-1-0 4.50 13/3 34.0 38 17Kelly 0-0-1 0.00 4/0 5.0 2 0 1-1-1 5.72 17/7 50.1 45 32 12-5-0 4.11 60/20 149.0 145 68Kimbrel 0-1-3 2.70 4/0 3.1 1 1 1-3-15 2.22 24/0 24.1 12 6 4-4-41 2.16 80/0 79.0 45 19Pomeranz 0-0-0 6.75 1/1 4.0 5 3 3-2-0 4.32 9/7 33.1 34 16 11-7-0 4.59 31/27 139.1 147 71Porcello 0-0-0 3.86 1/1 7.0 3 3 9-9-0 4.92 22/21 130.0 131 71 30-21-0 4.31 57/57 355.1 383 170Price 2-0-0 3.48 2/2 10.1 9 4 19-3-0 2.46 28/27 182.2 152 50 19-7-0 3.25 40/37 246.2 205 89Rodriguez 1-0-0 4.05 1/1 6.2 6 3 2-3-0 5.44 9/8 46.1 41 28 11-9-0 4.60 38/38 205.1 215 105Sale 1-0-0 3.60 2/2 15.0 10 6 7-3-1 2.30 14/11 86.0 57 22 10-5-1 3.33 24/21 138.0 113 51Velazquez 1-0-0 0.00 2/0 3.0 3 0 3-0-0 0.00 5/0 9.0 6 0 4-0-0 1.67 12/2 27.0 25 5Wright 0-0-0 0.00 1/0 2.0 1 0 1-2-0 2.03 6/3 26.2 22 6 13-6-0 4.42 31/21 154.2 159 76

32-Matt Barnes 5/25 vs. ATL (H, 12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18/22 6/0 0/1 1.1 (2 times) 3 (4/26 at TOR)37-Heath Hembree 5/28 vs. TOR 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 17/23 10/3 -/- 2.0 (5 times) 3 (3 times) 61-Brian Johnson 5/27 vs. ATL 2.2 1 0 0 1 0 10/15 5/0 -/- 3.0 (4/17 at LAA) 3 (2 times)56-Joe Kelly 5/26 vs. ATL (H, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 17/24 9/4 2/3 2.0 (2 times) 3 (5/12 at TOR) 46-Craig Kimbrel 5/26 vs. ATL (SV, 16) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 17/24 4/2 16/18 1.1 (4/29 vs TB) 3 (3 times)76-Hector Velazquez 5/27 vs. ATL 2.0 3 1 1 2 2 5/11 10/6 -/- 3.1 (4/27 vs TB) 3 (4/30 vs KC)35-Steven Wright 5/28 vs. TOR 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 5/5 -/- -/- 4.2 (5/18 vs BAL) 5 (5/18 vs BAL)BULLPEN TOTALS: 3.16 ERA 185.1 154 66 65 62 198 116/157 (74%) 57/21 19/24

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1 3/29 D at Tampa Bay L4-6 0-1 T-4th -1.0 Pruitt (1-0) SMITH (0-1) Colome (1) 31,042* 1 31,042 2 3/30 N at Tampa Bay W1-0 1-1 T-3rd -1.0 PRICE (1-0) Roe (0-1) KIMBREL (1) 19,203 2 50,245 3 3/31 N at Tampa Bay W3-2 2-1 T-1st -- PORCELLO (1-0) Kittredge (0-1) KIMBREL (2) 17,838 3 68,083 4 4/1 D at Tampa Bay W2-1 3-1 1st +1.0 VELÁZQUEZ (1-0) Alvarado (0-1) KELLY (1) 14,256 4 82,339 5 4/2 N at Miami W7-3 4-1 1st +1.0 JOHNSON (1-0) Richards (0-1) 11,113 5 93,452 6 4/3 N at Miami W4-2(13) 5-1 1st +1.0 HEMBREE (1-0) Guerrero (0-1) 14,953 6 108,405 4/4 Off Day 5-1 1st +1.0 7 4/5 D TAMPA BAY W3-2(12) 6-1 1st +2.0 POYNER (1-0) Kittredge (0-2) 36,134* 1 36,134 4/6 OFF DAY 6-1 1st +1.5 8 4/7 D TAMPA BAY W10-3 7-1 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (2-0) Faria (0-1) 31,821 2 67,955 9 4/8 D TAMPA BAY W8-7 8-1 1st +2.5 SMITH (1-1) Colome (0-1) KIMBREL (3) 31,979 3 99,934 4/9 OFF DAY 8-1 1st +2.0 10 4/10 N NEW YORK-AL W14-1 9-1 1st +2.0 SALE (1-0) Severino (2-1) 32,357 4 132,29111 4/11 N NEW YORK-AL L7-10 9-2 1st +2.0 Tanaka (2-1) PRICE (1-1) 32,400 5 164,69112 4/12 N NEW YORK-AL W6-3 10-2 1st +2.5 PORCELLO (3-0) Gray (1-1) KIMBREL (4) 36,341 6 201,03213 4/13 N BALTIMORE W7-3 11-2 1st +2.5 RODRIGUEZ (1-0) Tillman (0-3) 32,610 7 233,642 14 4/14 D BALTIMORE W10-3 12-2 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (2-0) Cobb (0-1) WALDEN (1) 33,584 8 267,22615 4/15 D BALTIMORE W3-1 13-2 1st +3.5 HEMBREE (2-0) Bundy (0-2) KIMBREL (5) 32,489 9 299,715 4/16 D BALTIMORE 13-2 1st +3.5 PPD (Rain)16 4/17 N at Anaheim W-10-1 14-2 1st +3.0 PRICE (2-1) Ohtani (2-1) 44,822* 7 153,22717 4/18 N at Anaheim W9-0 15-2 1st +3.0 PORCELLO (4-0) Skaggs (2-1) 34,508 8 187,73518 4/19 N at Anaheim W8-2 16-2 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (2-0) Tropeano (1-1) 36,253 9 223,98819 4/20 N at Oakland W7-3 17-2 1st +4.0 VELÁZQUEZ (3-0) Graveman (0-4) 23,473 10 247,46120 4/21 N at Oakland L0-3 17-3 1st +4.0 Manaea (3-2) SALE (1-1) 25,746 11 273,20721 4/22 D at Oakland L1-4 17-4 1st +4.0 Treinen (1-1) PRICE (2-2) 29,804 12 303,011 4/23 Off Day 17-4 1st +4.022 4/24 N at Toronto L3-4(10) 17-5 1st +3.0 Clippard (3-0) KIMBREL (0-1) 20,070 13 323,08123 4/25 N at Toronto W4-3 18-5 1st +4.0 RODRIGUEZ (3-0) Barnes (1-1) KIMBREL (6) 18,914 14 341,99524 4/26 N at Toronto W5-4 19-5 1st +4.0 SALE (2-1) Estrada (2-2) KIMBREL (7) 23,571 15 365,56625 4/27 N TAMPA BAY L3-4 19-6 1st +3.0 Snell (4-1) POMERANZ (0-1) Colomé (5) 32,620 10 332,33526 4/28 D TAMPA BAY L6-12 19-7 1st +2.0 Yarbrough (1-1) PRICE (2-3) 35,795 11 368,13027 4/29 D TAMPA BAY W4-3 20-7 1st +2.0 KIMBREL (1-0) Colomé (2-3) 32,888 12 401,018 28 4/30 N KANSAS CITY W10-6 21-7 1st +3.0 VELÁZQUEZ (4-0) Hammel (0-3) 31,314 13 432,33229 5/1 N KANSAS CITY L6-7(13) 21-8 1st +2.0 Herrera (1-0) JOHNSON (1-1) Flynn (1) 34,466 14 466,79830 5/2 D KANSAS CITY W5-4 22-8 1st +2.0 POMERANZ (1-1) Duffy (0-4) KIMBREL (8) 32,267 15 499,06531 5/3 N at Texas L5-11 22-9 1st +1.0 Minor (3-1) PRICE (2-4) 22,348 16 387,91432 5/4 N at Texas W5-1 23-9 1st +1.0 PORCELLO (5-0) Colon (1-1) 31,404 17 419,318 33 5/5 N at Texas W6-5 24-9 1st +1.0 KELLY (1-0) Kela (2-2) KIMBREL (9) 35,728 18 455,046 34 5/6 D at Texas W6-1 25-9 1st +1.0 SALE (3-1) Fister (1-3) 28,360 19 483,406 5/7 Off Day 25-9 1st +1.0 35 5/8 N at New York-AL L2-3 25-10 T-1st -- Robertson (3-1) HEMBREE (2-1) Chapman (8) 45,773 20 529,17936 5/9 N at New York-AL L6-9 25-11 2nd -1.0 Holder (1-1) BARNES (0-1) Chapman (9) 47,088* 21 576,26737 5/10 N at New York-AL W5-4 26-11 T-1st -- KELLY (2-0) Betances (1-2) KIMBREL (10) 46,899* 22 623,16638 5/11 N at Toronto L3-5(12) 26-12 T-1st -- Gaviglio (1-0) JOHNSON (1-2) 28,695 23 651,86139 5/12 D at Toronto W5-2 27-12 T-1st -- PRICE (3-4) Estrada (2-3) KIMBREL (11) 37,588 24 689,44940 5/13 D at Toronto W5-3 28-12 T-1st -- VELÁZQUEZ (5-0) Biagini (0-2) KELLY (2) 37,888 25 727,33741 5/14 N OAKLAND L5-6 28-13 2nd -0.5 Manaea (5-4) PORCELLO (5-1) Treinen (7) 35,249 16 534.314 42 5/15 N OAKLAND L3-5 28-14 2nd -1.0 Mengden (3-4) RODRIGUEZ (3-1) Treinen (8) 34,906 17 569,220 43 5/16 N OAKLAND W6-4 29-14 2nd -0.5 SALE (4-1) Cahill (1-2) KIMBREL (12) 34,947 18 604,167 44 5/17 N BALTIMORE W6-2 30-14 T-1st -- PRICE (4-4) Gausman (3-3) 36,615 19 640,78245 5/18 N BALTIMORE L4-7 30-15 T-1st -- Cobb (1-5) POMERANZ (1-2) Brach (6) 34,935 20 675,717 46 5/19 N BALTIMORE W6-3 31-15 T-1st -- PORCELLO (6-1) Bundy (2-6) KIMBREL (13) 34,195 21 709,91247 5/20 D BALTIMORE W5-0 32-15 T-1st -- RODRIGUEZ (4-1) Hess (1-1) 35,550 22 745,462 5/21 OFF DAY 32-15 2nd -0.548 5/22 N at Tampa Bay W4-2 33-15 1st +0.5 SALE (5-1) Faria (3-3) KIMBREL (14) 10,642 26 737,97949 5/23 N at Tampa Bay W4-1 34-15 1st +1.5 KELLY (3-0) Colome (2-5) KIMBREL (15) 10,194 27 748,17350 5/24 N at Tampa Bay L3-6 34-16 1st +1.0 Snell (6-3) PORCELLO (6-2) Colome (11) 12,468 28 760,64151 5/25 N ATLANTA W6-2 35-16 1st +1.0 RODRIGUEZ (5-1) Teheran (4-2) 37,008* 23 782,47052 5/26 D ATLANTA W8-6 36-16 1st +2.0 WRIGHT (1-0) Freeman (1-2) KIMBREL (16) 36,510* 24 818,98053 5/27 D ATLANTA L1-7 36-17 1st +1.0 Foltynewicz (4-3) SALE (5-2) 36,543* 25 855,52354 5/28 D TORONTO W8-3 37-17 1st +2.0 PRICE (5-4) Sanchez (2-5) 34,700 26 890,22355 5/29 N TORONTO56 5/30 D TORONTO57 5/31 N at Houston58 6/1 N at Houston59 6/2 N at Houston60 6/3 N at Houston 6/4 Off Day61 6/5 N DETROIT62 6/6 N DETROIT63 6/7 N DETROIT64 6/8 N CHICAGO-AL65 6/9 D CHICAGO-AL66 6/10 D CHICAGO-AL67 6/11 N at Baltimore68 6/12 N at Baltimore69 6/13 D at Baltimore70 6/14 N at Seattle71 6/15 N at Seattle72 6/16 N at Seattle73 6/17 D at Seattle 6/18 Off Day74 6/19 N at Minnesota75 6/20 N at Minnesota76 6/21 D at Minnesota77 6/22 N SEATTLE78 6/23 N SEATTLE79 6/24 D SEATTLE 6/25 OFF DAY80 6/26 N ANAHIEM81 6/27 N ANAHIEM82 6/28 N ANAHIEM83 6/29 N at New York-AL84 6/30 N at New York-AL85 7/1 N at New York-AL86 7/2 N at Washington 87 7/3 N at Washington 88 7/4 D at Washington 7/5 Off Day89 7/6 N at Kansas City90 7/7 N at Kansas City91 7/8 D at Kansas City92 7/9 N TEXAS93 7/10 N TEXAS94 7/11 N TEXAS95 7/12 N TORONTO96 7/13 N TORONTO97 7/14 D TORONTO98 7/15 D TORONTO 7/16 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/17 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/18 ALL-STAR BREAK 7/19 ALL-STAR BREAK

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99 7/20 N at Detroit100 7/21 N at Detroit101 7/22 D at Detroit102 7/23 N at Baltimore103 7/24 N at Baltimore104 7/25 N at Baltimore105 7/26 N MINNESOTA106 7/27 N MINNESOTA107 7/28 N MINNESOTA108 7/29 D MINNESOTA109 7/30 N PHILADELPHIA110 7/31 N PHILADELPHIA 8/1 OFF DAY111 8/2 N NEW YORK-AL112 8/3 N NEW YORK-AL113 8/4 D NEW YORK-AL114 8/5 TBD NEW YORK-AL 8/6 OFF DAY115 8/7 N at Toronto116 8/8 N at Toronto117 8/9 N at Toronto118 8/10 N at Baltimore119 8/11 N at Baltimore120 8/12 D at Baltimore 8/13 Off Day121 8/14 N at Philadelphia122 8/15 N at Philadelphia 8/16 Off Day

2018 TRANSACTIONS

February 20 OF Bryce Brentz traded to Pirates in exchange for cash considerations.March 11 LHP Jalen Beeks, LHP Williams Jerez, RHP Ty Buttrey and RHP Chandler Shepherd optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket...C Austin Rei, INF Michael Chavis, INF Esteban Quiroz,

OF Jeremy Barfield, OF Steve Selsky, RHP Kyle Martin, and RHP Fernando Rodriguez Jr. reassigned to minor league camp.March 15 C Óscar Hernández reassigned to minor league camp.March 19 INF Chad De La Guerra reassigned to minor league camp.March 24 INF Deven Marrero traded to the Diamondbacks in exchange for RHP Josh Taylor, completed (5/15)...INF Tzu-Wei Lin and LHP Roenis Elias and Robby Scott optioned to

Triple-A Pawtucket...C Dan Butler, INF Iván De Jesús Jr., and OF Rusney Castillo and Aneury Tavárez reassigned to minor league camp.March 25 1B Sam Travis optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.March 26 LHP Drew Pomeranz placed on 10-day DL...LHP Eduardo Rodriguez placed on 10-day DL...RHP Steven Wright placed on 10-day DL...RHP Brandon Workman optioned to

Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Justin Haley reassigned to minor league camp.March 29 LHP Bobby Poyner and RHP Marcus Walden selected to active ML roster...INF Marco Hernandez placed on 60-day DL...RHP Austin Maddox, 2B Dustin Pedroia, and RHP

Tyler Thornburg placed on 10-day DL.April 8 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez activated from 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/7).April 9 SS Xander Bogaerts placed on 10-day DL.April 10 INF Tzu-Wei Lin recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.April 12 LHP Bobby Poyner placed on 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.April 20 LHP Drew Pomeranz activated from 10-day DL...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (4/19).April 22 LHP Bobby Poyner activated from 10-day DL and optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.April 23 LHP Roenis Elias traded to Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.April 26 RHP Joe Kelly suspended for 6 games.April 27 SS Xander Bogaerts activated from 10-day DL...INF/OF Brock Holt placed on 10-day DL.April 28 RHP Steven Wright activated from 10-day DL and placed on restricted list for 15 games.May 2 RHP Joe Kelly reinstated to active ML roster...LHP Eduardo Rodriguez placed on family medical leave list...RHP Marcus Walden recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.May 4 LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket...RHP Marcus Walden optioned to Pawtucket (5/3).May 5 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez activated from family medical leave list...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (5/4).May 8 INF/OF Brock Holt reinstated from 10-day DL and recalled from rehab assignment...INF Tzu-Wei Lin optioned to Pawtucket.May 14 RHP Steven Wright added to active ML roster...RHP Hector Velázquez placed on 10-day DL.May 15 RHP Carson Smith placed on 10-day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.May 24 RHP Hector Velázquez activated from 10-day DL...LHP Bobby Poyner optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket (5/23).May 25 2B Dustin Pedroia activated from 10-day DL...1B/DH Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment.

DISABLED LIST

Drew Pomeranz Left forearm flexor strain March 26 April 20 18 (16-2)Eduardo Rodriguez Recovery from right knee surgery March 26 April 8 8 (7-1)Steven Wright Recovery from left knee surgery March 26 April 28 26 (19-7)Marco Hernandez Left shoulder surgery March 29 --- 54 (37-17)Austin Maddox Right shoulder strain March 29 --- 54 (37-17)Dustin Pedroia Recovery from left knee surgery March 29 May 25 50 (34-16)Tyler Thornburg Recovery from right shoulder surgery March 29 --- 54 (37-17)Xander Bogaerts Left ankle injury April 9 April 27 15 (11-4)Bobby Poyner Left hamstring strain April 12 April 22 9 (8-1)Brock Holt Left hamstring injury April 27 May 8 10 (6-4)Hector Velázquez Low back strain May 14 May 24 9 (6-3)Carson Smith Right shoulder subluxation May 15 --- 13 (9-4)2018 Totals 12 Players 12 DL stints 320 Games Missed

DAILY HOME ATT. ROAD ATT. GM# DATE D/N OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GA/GB WINNING PITCHER LOSING PITCHER SAVE ATT. NO. TOTAL NO. TOTAL

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5 hits in a game ........................................ Andrew Benintendi, 7/4/17 at TEX6 hits in a game ...................Nomar Garciaparra, 6/21/03 at PHI (13 innings) 6 RBI in a game .............................................. Xander Bogaerts, 4/7/18 vs. TB7 or more RBI in a game ...............................Mookie Betts, 7/2/17 at TOR (8)10 RBI in a game (ties club record) ........Nomar Garciaparra, 5/10/99 vs. SEA3 home runs in a game (ties club record) ...... Mookie Betts, 2 times, last 5/2/18 vs. KCGame-ending home run ......... Mitch Moreland, 8/4/17 vs. CWS (11th inning)Pinch-hit grand slam ............................................... Mike Carp, 9/11/13 at TB2 grand slams in a game ......................................Bill Mueller, 7/29/03 at TEXHome run in 1st ML game .............Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam)HR in 1st Red Sox PA ....................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI (grand slam) Grand Slam in 1st Red Sox PA............................Daniel Nava, 6/12/10 vs. PHI Inside-the-park home run............ Eduardo Núñez, 3/29/18 at TB (2nd inning)Homered from both sides of the plate ......... Victor Martinez, 5/17/10 at NYYPitcher collected a hit.......David Price, 9/22/17 at CIN, 1B off Asher WojciechPitcher hit a home run .................. Josh Beckett, 6/14/09 at PHI off J.A. HappHit for the cycle .................................................... Brock Holt, 6/16/15 vs. ATLHitting streak of at least 30 games .....Nomar Garciaparra (30), 7/26-8/29/97Hitting streak of at least 20 games ........ Jackie Bradley Jr. (29), 4/24-5/26/16.................................................................... Xander Bogaerts (26), 5/6-6/2/16Straight steal of home ..................................Jacoby Ellsbury, 4/26/09 vs. NYYSteal of home on double steal ............................. Travis Shaw, 4/21/16 vs. TB5 steals in a game (club record) ..................... Jacoby Ellsbury, 5/30/13 at PHI

No-hitter ...................................................Jon Lester, 5/19/08 vs. KC (W, 7-0)One-hitter .............................................. Doug Fister, 8/22/17 at CLE (W, 9-1)15 or more strikeouts in a game .................... Chris Sale (15), 5/11/18 at TORPosition player pitched ................................Mitch Moreland, 8/25/17 vs. BALPitcher played another defensive position .... Javier Lopez (RF), 4/30/09 at TB

Walk-off win ...................................................... 4/5/18 vs. TB (3-2 in 12 innings)Scored 20 runs in a game..................................................... 8/15/15 vs. SEA (22)Had 20 hits in a game ............................................. 7/2/17 at TOR (21, 9 innings)Scored 10 runs in an inning .......................5/7/17 at MIN (10 runs in 9th inning)Hit 8 home runs in a game (club record) ....................2 times, last 9/4/13 vs. DETHit 4 consec. HR (club & MLB record) .....................4/22/07 vs. NYY (3rd inning): ...................................... Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell & Jason Varitek Hit game-ending HR in back-to-back games .........................5/10-11/05 vs. OAK:................................................. 5/10 (9th inning, Kevin Millar off Octavio Dotel), ................................................ 5/11 (9th inning, Jason Varitek off Octavio Dotel)Turned a triple play .................................................. 8/15/17 vs. STL (4th inning): ............................ 3B Rafael Devers to 2B Eduardo Núñez to 1B Mitch MorelandHit into a triple play .......................5/2/17 vs. BAL (8th inning, Jackie Bradley Jr.)Back-to-back 1-0 wins ............................................................. 7/18-19/06 vs. KC

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Most runs, game ................................................................ 14, 4/10 vs. NYYMost runs, inning .........................................................9, 4/10 vs. NYY (6th)Most hits, game (9 innings) ............................ 15, 2 times, last 4/17 at LAAMost hits, game (extra innings) ........... 12, 2 times, last 5/1 vs. KC (13 inn.) Most hits, inning .............................................................. 7, 4/8 vs. TB (8th)Consecutive hits, inning ....................................................6, 4/8 vs. TB (8th)Fewest hits, game .................................................................0, 4/21 at OAKMost doubles, game..............................................................6, 5/18 vs. BALMost triples, game ................................................................ 2, 5/26 vs. ATLMost home runs, game ......................................................... 6, 4/17 at LAAMost home runs, inning ................................................3, 4/17 at LAA (3rd)Most extra-base hits .........................................7, 2 times, last 5/18 vs. BALMost stolen bases, game ......................................................5, 5/17 vs. BALMost walks, game (9 innings) .............................................. 7, 4/10 vs. NYY Most walks, game (extra innings) ...............................6, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Most strikeouts, game (9 innings) ..................... 14, 2 times, last 5/8 at NYYMost strikeouts, game (extra innings) ....................14, 4/24 at TOR (10 inn.) Most hit by pitch, game ............................................................. 3, 4/1 at TBMost left on base (9 innings) ..............................................12, 5/20 vs. BAL Most left on base (extra innings) ..............................11, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.)

Most hits .....................................................4, 4 times, last Betts, 5/2 vs. KC Most runs ................................................................... 5, Betts, 4/10 vs. NYYMost doubles ........................2, 12 times, last Betts and Martinez, 5/18 vs. BALMost triples ..................................1, 10 times, last Benintendi, 5/28 vs. TORMost home runs ........................................... 3, 2 times, last Betts, 5/2 vs. KC Most extra-base hits ...............................3, 4 times, last Betts, 5/18 vs. BALMost total bases ...........................................................13, Betts, 5/2 vs. KC Most RBI ................................................................... 6, Bogaerts, 4/7 vs. TBMost stolen bases .......................................................3, Betts, 5/17 vs. BAL Most walks ........................................................... 3, Benintendi, 5/23 at TB Most strikeouts (9 innings).................. 3, 12 times, last Ramirez, 5/24 at TB Most strikeouts (extra innings) .............4, Benintendi, 4/24 at TOR (10 inn.)Longest hitting streak ..............................................12, Martinez, 4/29-5/11

Most strikeouts (9 innings)..................................................... 17, 5/5 at TEXMost strikeouts (extra innings) ..............................19, 5/11 at TOR (12 inn.)Most walks (9 innings) ...................................... 7, 2 times, last 5/10 at NYYMost walks, (extra innings) .........................................6, 4/5 vs. TB (12 inn.) Fewest walks .....................................................0, 4 times, last 5/20 vs. BALMost runs allowed, game ..................................................... 12, 4/28 vs. TB Most runs allowed, inning ...............................................6, 3/29 at TB (8th) Most hits allowed, game (9 innings) ..................................... 18, 4/28 vs. TBMost hits allowed, game (extra innings) .................. 15, 5/1 vs. KC (13 inn.) Fewest hits allowed, game ................................... 3, 2 times, last 5/23 at TBMost hits allowed, inning ....................... 4, 3 times, last 5/14 vs. OAK (4th) Most home runs allowed, game .............................................. 4, 4/28 vs. TB Most consecutive scoreless inn. .........................16.0, 4/17 (4th)-4/19 (2nd)

Most innings pitched, starter ............... 9.0, 2 times, last Price, 5/17 vs. BAL Fewest innings pitched, starter ................................1.0, Price, 4/11 vs. NYYMost innings pitched, reliever ......................................4.2, Wright, 5/18 vs. BALMost strikeouts, starter ................................. 15, Sale, 5/11 at TOR (12 inn.) Most strikeouts, reliever ............................................ 5, Wright, 5/18 vs. BAL Most walks allowed ............................................. 5, Pomeranz, 5/13 at TOR Longest winning streak .................... 5, 2 times, last Velázquez, 4/1-presentLongest losing streak ........................................................ 3, Price, 4/22-5/3 Most consec. scoreless inn., starter .......14.0, 2 times, last Porcello, 4/12-24 Most consec. scoreless inn., reliever..................................15.1, Kelly, 4/1-5/8Most runs allowed ..........................................................9, Price, 5/3 at TEXMost earned runs allowed ..............................................7, Price, 5/3 at TEXMost hits allowed ...........................9, 3 times, last Rodriguez, 5/20 vs. BALFewest hits allowed, CG .............................................. 5, Price, 5/17 vs. BALMost home runs allowed ................... 3, 2 times, last Rodriguez, 5/5 at TEX Most pitches thrown ............................. 116, 2 times, last Sale, 5/11 at TOR

Longest winning streak .............................................................9, 3/30-4/10Longest losing streak ................................................................3, 4/21-4/24Most games over .500 ....................... 20, 2 times, last 5/28 vs. TOR (37-17)Most games under .500 ...................................................1, 3/29 at TB (0-1) Longest game, innings ....................................... 13, 2 times, last 5/1 vs. KCLongest game, time (9 innings) ....................................... 3:59, 4/11 vs. NYY Longest game, time (extra innings) .................................... 4:27, 4/3 at MIA Shortest game, time .........................................................2:16, 4/21 at OAKLargest crowd, Fenway Park .............................................................. 37,008 Smallest crowd, Fenway Park ............................................................ 31,314 Largest crowd, road ....................................................... 47,088, 5/9 at NYYSmallest crowd, road ...................................................... 10,194, 5/23 at TBLargest winning margin ...........................................13, 4/10 vs. NYY (14-1) Largest losing margin................................6, 2 times, last 5/27 vs. ATL (1-7) Largest deficit overcome to win ...............5, 4/8 vs. TB (down 2-7, won 8-7) Largest lead relinquished to lose......................4, 3/29 at TB (led 4-0, lost 4-6)Most double plays turned .................................... 3, 2 times, last 5/2 vs. KCMost double plays turned by opponent .............. 3, 2 times, last 5/22 at TBMost errors ..............................................................................4, 5/1 vs. K.CMost errors by an opponent ..................................................3, 4/14 vs. BALMost stolen bases by an opponent ...................... 2, 3 times, last 5/6 at TEX

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RED SOX 31 27 38 32 40 46 29 18 19 7 287OPPONENTS 28 26 20 31 22 13 17 23 17 8 205

STARTERS 25-11 3.84 307.0 277 139 131 101 339 36RELIEVERS 12-6-19 3.16 185.1 154 66 65 64 198 17

LEON 0 8 0.0 2 0SWIHART 0 0 -.- 0 0VÁZQUEZ 4 16 25.0 4 0

RUNS BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ TOTAL

PITCHING BREAKDOWN W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR

CATCHING BREAKDOWN CS SBA CS% PB PICKOFFS

EJECTIONS (1 in 2018)

4/11/18 vs. NYY (7th inning), RHP Joe Kelly by HP umpire Hunter Wendlestedt 4/5/18 vs. TB (12th inning), Hanley Ramirez single

WALK-OFF WINS (1 in 2018)

STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (TOTAL, RED SOX W-L)

1st: Benintendi (4, 2-2), Betts (46, 32-14), Bradley Jr. (2, 1-1), Núñez (2, 2-0)2nd: Benintendi (44, 33-11), Bogaerts (2, 1-1), Devers (2, 1-1), Ramirez (6, 2-4)3rd: Martinez (12, 7-5), Moreland (4, 3-1), Ramirez (38, 27-11)4th: Bogaerts (2, 1-1), Devers (1, 1-0), Martinez (39, 28-11), Moreland (11, 7-4), Pedroia (1, 0-1)5th: Bogaerts (33, 22-11), Devers (13, 9-4), Moreland (6, 5-1), Núñez (2, 1-1)6th: Bradley Jr. (1, 1-0), Devers (25, 19-6), Moreland (8, 5-3), Núñez (17, 10-7), Pedroia (1, 1-0), Swihart (1, 0-1), Vázquez (1, 1-0)7th: Bradley Jr. (13, 9-4), Devers (2, 1-1), Holt (6, 5-1), Leon (3, 2-1), Núñez (25, 18-7), Swihart (3, 0-3), Vázquez (2, 2-0)8th: Bradley Jr. (15, 10-5), Devers, (7, 4-3), Holt (4, 3-1), Leon (9, 6-3), Swihart (2, 2-0), Vázquez (17, 12-5)9th: Bradley Jr. (11, 8-3), Holt (10, 8-2), Johnson (1, 1-0), Leon (7, 4-3), Lin (9, 5-4), Sale (1, 1-0), Vázquez (15, 10-5)

STARTS BY POSITION (TOTAL, RED SOX W-L)

C: Leon (19, 12-7), Vázquez (35, 25-10)1B: Moreland (29, 20-9), Ramirez (25, 17-8)2B: Holt (9, 7-2), Lin (2, 0-2), Núñez (41, 29-12), Pedroia (2, 1-1)SS: Bogaerts (37, 24-13), Holt (10, 8-2), Lin (7, 5-2)3B: Devers (49, 35-14), Núñez (5, 2-3)LF: Benintendi (33, 26-7), Martinez (20, 11-9), Swihart (1, 0-1)CF: Benintendi (15, 9-6), Betts (3, 2-1), Bradley Jr. (36, 26-10)RF: Betts (43, 30-13), Bradley Jr. (6, 3-3), Holt (1, 1-0), Martinez (4, 3-1)DH: Devers (1, 0-1), Martinez (27, 21-6), Ramirez (19, 12-7), Swihart (5, 2-3)

OUTFIELD ASSISTS (10 in 2018)

Andrew Benintendi..............................................................................................5Mookie Betts ........................................................................................................2Jackie Bradley Jr.......................................................................................................2J.D. Martinez........................................................................................................1

RED SOX MANAGER CHALLENGES

TOTAL OVERTURNED CONFIRMED STOOD 14 7 4 3

BREAKDOWNSRed Sox Game Notes Page 9

HOME RUN NOTES9 HOMERS AT HOME: 39 SOLO HOMERS: 45 3-RUN HOMERS: 8 HOMERS ON THE ROAD: 39 2-RUN HOMERS: 19 GRAND SLAMS: 6

2-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (3 in 2018)Mookie Betts, 4/25 at TOR (12th career multi-HR game)Rafael Devers, 5/4 at TEX (2nd career multi-HR game)J.D. Martinez, 5/20 vs. BAL (8th career multi-HR game)

3-HOME RUN GAMES BY RED SOX (2 in 2018)Mookie Betts, 4/17/18 at LAA (3rd career)Mookie Betts, 5/2/18 vs. KC (4th career)

PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (0 in 2018)Last: Andrew Benintendi, 9/25/17 vs. TOR off Dominic Leone

GRAND SLAMS BY RED SOX (6 in 2018)Xander Bogaerts, 4/7/18 vs. TB off Jake Faria (2nd career)Mookie Betts, 4/10/18 vs. NYY off Chasen Shreve (3rd career)J.D. Martinez, 4/11/18 vs. NYY off Masahiro Tanaka (6th career)Rafael Devers, 4/18/18 at LAA off Tyler Skaggs (1st career)Mitch Moreland, 4/20/18 at OAK off Emilio Pagán (3rd career)Xander Bogaerts, 4/30/18 vs. KC off Jason Hammel (3rd career)

FIRST-INNING LEADOFF HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (3 in 2018)Mookie Betts, 4/17/18 at LAA off Shohei Ohtani (12th career)Mookie Betts, 4/19/18 at LAA off Nick Tropeano (13th career)Mookie Betts, 4/25/18 at TOR off Aaron Sanchez (14th career)

WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 in 2018) Last: Mitch Moreland, 8/4/17 vs. CWS off Aaron Bummer (3rd career)

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (1 in 2018)Eduardo Núñez, 3/29/18 at TB off Chris Archer (2nd inning)

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS AT FENWAY PARK (0 in 2018)Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, 9/19/11 vs. BAL (G2) off Jeremy Accardo

BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS BY RED SOX (2 in 2018)Brock Holt and Mookie Betts, 4/17/18 at LAA (3rd inning)Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi, 5/19/18 vs. BAL (5th inning)

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 in 2018)Last: David Ortiz, Josh Reddick and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 7/7/11 vs. BAL (7th)